Genesis 45:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now do not be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And now be not grieved,{H6087} nor angry{H2734} with yourselves,{H5869} that ye sold{H4376} me hither: for God{H430} did send{H7971} me before you{H6440} to preserve life.{H4241}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now therefore be not grieved{H6087}{(H8735)}, nor angry{H2734}{(H8799)} with yourselves{H5869}, that ye sold{H4376}{(H8804)} me hither: for God{H430} did send{H7971}{(H8804)} me before you{H6440} to preserve life{H4241}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And now be not greued therwith nether let it seme a cruel thinge in youre eyes that ye solde me hither. For God dyd send me before you to saue lyfe.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And now vexe not youre selues, & thinke not yt there is eny wrath, because ye solde me hither. For God sent me hither before you, for yor lyues sake.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Nowe therefore be not sad, neither grieued with your selues, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you for your preseruation.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Nowe therefore be not greeued herewith, neither let it seeme a cruel thing in your eyes, that ye solde me hyther: for God did sende me before you to preserue lyfe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and now, be not grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that ye sold me hither, for to preserve life hath God sent me before you.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life!

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 50:20 : 20 But as for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
  • Gen 45:7-8 : 7 And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."
  • Ps 105:16-17 : 16 Moreover, he called for a famine upon the land: he broke the whole support of bread. 17 He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
  • Isa 40:1-2 : 1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak kindly to Jerusalem and cry out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, for she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 Then Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do. And they divided His garments and cast lots.
  • Acts 2:23-24 : 23 Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by lawless hands have crucified and killed: 24 Whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.
  • Acts 4:24-28 : 24 And when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said, Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them, 25 Who by the mouth of Your servant David has said, Why did the nations rage, and the people plot vain things? 26 The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ. 27 For truly against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 To do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
  • Acts 7:9-9 : 9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt, but God was with him, 10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11 Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance. 12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. 13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers; and Joseph's family was made known to Pharaoh. 14 Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five souls. 15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he and our fathers,
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 So, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.
  • 2 Cor 2:11 : 11 Lest Satan should take advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
  • Gen 47:25 : 25 And they said, You have saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
  • 1 Sam 1:19 : 19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house at Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her.
  • 2 Sam 12:12 : 12 For you did it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
  • 2 Sam 16:10-12 : 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because the LORD has said to him, Curse David. Who then shall say, Why have you done so? 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth from my own body, seeks my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? Let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD has bidden him. 12 It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me good for his cursing this day.
  • 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 45:3-4
    2 verses
    85%

    3 And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph; does my father still live? And his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.

    4 And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 45:6-11
    6 verses
    85%

    6 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.

    7 And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

    8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

    9 Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.

    10 And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.

    11 And there I will provide for you; for there are still five years of famine, lest you and your household and all that you have come to poverty.

  • Gen 50:15-21
    7 verses
    80%

    15 And when Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will perhaps hate us, and will certainly repay us all the evil that we did unto him.

    16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Your father did command before he died, saying,

    17 So shall you say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray you now, the trespass of your brothers, and their sin, for they did unto you evil, and now, we pray you, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke unto him.

    18 And his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, Behold, we are your servants.

    19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not, for am I in the place of God?

    20 But as for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

    21 Now therefore fear not, I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them.

  • Ps 105:17
    79%

    17 He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

  • Gen 37:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers were content.

    28 Then Midianite merchants passed by; and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

  • Gen 45:17
    74%

    17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: load your animals and go, get to the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 42:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5 And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

    6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was who sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brothers came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

    7 And Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them; and he said to them, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

  • Gen 47:5
    74%

    5 And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father and your brothers have come to you:

  • Gen 44:15
    74%

    15 And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can certainly divine?

  • Acts 7:9
    74%

    9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt, but God was with him,

  • Gen 43:14
    74%

    14 And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

  • Gen 43:23
    72%

    23 And he said, Peace be to you, do not be afraid: your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks: I received your money. And he brought Simeon out to them.

  • Gen 45:1
    72%

    1 Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him; and he cried, Make every man go out from me. So no man stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

  • Gen 42:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 And Joseph said to them, That is it that I spoke to you, saying, You are spies:

    15 Hereby you shall be tested: By the life of Pharaoh you shall not go forth from here, except your youngest brother come here.

  • Gen 40:15
    72%

    15 For indeed I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews: and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

  • Gen 45:20
    72%

    20 Also do not concern yourselves with your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

  • Gen 46:31
    72%

    31 And Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's household, I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

  • Gen 44:4
    72%

    4 And when they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you repaid evil for good?

  • Gen 42:2
    72%

    2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: go down there, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die.

  • Gen 45:24
    72%

    24 So he sent his brothers away, and they departed; and he said to them, See that you do not quarrel on the way.

  • Gen 37:36
    72%

    36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.

  • Gen 46:28
    71%

    28 And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 44:18
    71%

    18 Then Judah came near to him, and said, Oh my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant: for you are even as Pharaoh.

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